Contraception Use and Pregnancy Risk Among Adolescents in Pediatric Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Unintended pregnancy is a major health risk for adolescents in the US, and adolescents face many barriers to obtaining effective and reliable contraception.

Objective

To measure and describe the use of contraception, pregnancy risk index (PRI), and emergency contraception (EC) prescriptions among female adolescents accessing the emergency department (ED) for care.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study is a planned secondary analysis of a multicenter trial from April 2021 through April 2022 that used a tablet-based, content-validated, confidential sexual health survey at 6 urban, pediatric tertiary care EDs affiliated with the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Participants were individuals aged 15 to 21 years presentin

SUBMITTER: Canter H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11214110 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature